Berlin’s mayor abandons reelection campaign after ‘tennis-gate’ outcry

Kai Wegner admits poor communication in handling of power blackout overshadowed his other political work Berlin’s embattled mayor has abandoned his campaign to stand for reelection after failing to recover from a row over his decision to play tennis while large parts of the German capital were hit by a power blackout in January. Kai Wegner announced on Friday afternoon that he would not run in Berlin’s 20 September election after coming under huge pressure to step down from his party, the Christian Democrats (CDU). Some members wrote an open letter to Wegner this week in which they appealed to

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